‘They’re human beings’: Peduto, community leaders react to ICE’s nationwide raid by Lauren Lee, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 11, 2019 After the New York Times reported that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is to start nationwide raids on Sunday, community leaders and immigration organizations in Pittsburgh expressed their concerns and…Read More
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ICE Enforcement Resources for Immigrants
Know your rights with ICE: Emergency Planning - English: Deportation Defense Plan - Spanish:Read More
Implicit Bias: what is it?
When we are biased, we have slanted opinions about a person or group that are based on other opinions, information sources, and often stereotypes. We decide how to feel, think and act. Implicit bias refers to the attitudes, generalizations or stereotypes that we aren’t consciously aware of that affect our…Read More
JFCS Immigration Legal Services: Ngongo and Bebe – a Love Story
JFCS Immigration Legal Services: Ngongo and Bebe - a Love Story Standing at a Pittsburgh airport gate, a man waits to greet his wife. He has a bouquet of flowers and his anticipation is palpable. If this sounds sweet but ho-hum, it is not. This man has not seen his…Read More